A January 11, 1988 letter from Nikki Craft demanding a retraction of John Kyff's article "Craft Wins, Nudists Lose," published by the NNLC ("legal coordinator" John Kyff) months before Craft's formal withdrawal from the Cape Cod nudity case. Craft's letter states the article was built entirely on unverified, third-hand information from Lee Baxandall, with no attempt to contact her, her attorney, or her co-plaintiffs. Dated, contemporaneous evidence that the false "personal spite" narrative around Craft's withdrawal — which she has spent decades concerned would define the public record — was being actively constructed within the naturist community well before the withdrawal itself occurred.

Keywords: Nikki Craft, John Kyff, NNLC, Lee Baxandall, Cape Cod nudity case, retraction demand, libel, naturist press

Series: Primary Source Documents

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